Apple Motion Drop Zones Tutorial

Today I'm breaking down how Drop Zones work and why they're so important when creating custom Generators to be used in Final Cut Pro. Find out how to create them and how to publish them to FCP!
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[@Richard_Broom_Photography]

I have lost count of how many times I have come back to this video to re-learn how to do drop zones in Motion. A brilliant and very helpful video. Thank you!

[@BlazshoNikolov]

FINALLY! Straight to the point and what I was looking for - how to export editing features for holders. After 20 videos of nonsense and people just showing "my new MacBook x", "working on my new..", "my sponsor..." .... I found answer of my question. Thank you! Don't change anything. Short and simple is the best!

[@ConorBofin]

Great tip about putting the content into the drop zone before publishing. That solves an old niggle for me. Keep up the great work Jen.

[@JennJagerPro]

Happy to help!

[@davewhiting9730]

And the hits keep coming! Great video, thanks Jenn!!!

[@saschaarndt]

Awesome! Very insightful. Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

[@melbacaniiii4870]

I love this one! Thank you, thank you! I learned so much from this as a beginner Motion user! Woot woot!!!

[@editorshishir2797]

Jenn, you are always great

[@JennJagerPro]

Thank you! You're great too.

[@iosmusic3938]

Good tips👍Thanks!

[@mhj00709]

It's very very useful-! Thanks

[@rkswissproductions]

thanks, a really great and easy to understand video :)

[@aim.1]

Very helpful. Great info, well presented. Thank you!

[@JennJagerPro]

Thank you!

[@thelearningmachine5740]

You're the best!!

[@LanzaroteShowcase]

Brilliant video lesson. Thank you for showing the WHY not just the HOW.

[@JennJagerPro]

Glad it was helpful!

[@metamech7383]

Thanks this helped me a bunch!

[@JennJagerPro]

Glad it helped!

[@Richard_Broom_Photography]

Well, you did it! I have been so very impressed by your tutorials I have, today, cancelled my Adobe Creative Cloud subscription and paid for Apple Final Cut Pro (I already own Apple Motion). I'll be buying Logic Pro next month when my Creative Cloud subscription expires (after over 20 years with Adobe!). Please keep the tutorials coming and I hope Apple recognises the positive contribution you make to their customer community. Even better if Apple's appreciation toward you took the form of $$$! I am looking forward to the absence of those monthly subscription payments to Adobe on my credit card. It was your tutorials that made me want to switch from Adobe products to FCP + Motion and, soon, Logic Pro.

[@Kit.Nicole]

This is great. Thanks for the explanation! I was wondering though once you use the generator in final cut if there’s any way to maintain the audio of the source clip once it’s put into the drop zone? I can’t see how to publish that parameter

[@qcmize]

Great video. Can a shape drop zone be created with an outline border?

[@vinodsharma9554]

Hi Jenn, Please make a video on mTransition Mega pack drop zone tutorial. I will be gratefull thank you

[@sfiche]

thank you for this and many great tutorials 👍 you've covered pretty much every topic I can think of, tho I can't find a video on exporting with alpha channels. trying to maintain transparency when sending Motion logos to video editors

[@JennJagerPro]

Under the export settings, choose Apple ProRes 4444. That gives you the transparent bkg

[@MrEDITOR7]

Super ....I'm watching from nicaragua, central america////

[@JennJagerPro]

Hola!

[@Omar_Al-Mukhtar]

I don't see pan option in drop zone? can you help please?

[@siyaram2855]

Hey Jenn, can you make a video on joysticks and sliders apple motion? Also Duik Waiting for your reply 🙏

[@tornadoalbert4]

Very helpful video! Just have a small question; is there a way to make custom shaped Drop Zones? I have a slightly altered circle shape that is a PNG. it's a very particular shape and I am hoping there is a way to convert a PNG into mask. Any advice is greatly appreciated!

[@bladerealm124]

Great video. How do I duplicate drop zones? I'm using a slideshow template from Motion Array that has 12 drop zones in the inspector on the right. I want to add additional images but I don't want the same images to repeat. If I extend the timeline it is still only using the original 12 images. How do I extend the template to use more than 12 images?

[@kayodefashola9226]

Is Motion 5 still widely used in the creative industry or is After effects better?

Do I need to add an image or video into the drop zone in order for the pan and scale option to show up? I created a mask on a drop zone but it doesn't show me that option to create a parameter. But I know ive done it before without adding any content to it, I just forgot how haha

[@hottiehunter9166]

how do you make a circle drop zone its so hard and the mask doesnt stay with the drop zone when animated ?

[@ekphotography]

I would love for you do some day do a tutorial more in depth with Drop Zones. As it is, which is horrible in my opinion, you cannot choose video from your bin that has not been slowed downed or even worse not color graded yet. Makes no sense at all. I am wondering if there are any "Tricks" to doing it, I find myself having to make a ton of Compound clips either in my timeline or using them from the bin which just seems stupid. Why the heck can't they make it so you can use your clips from the bin and then color grade them afterwards? Just makes it so much more Cumbersome to say the least...

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[@JennJagerPro]

Hang in there, friend! Thinking of you all all the time.

[@physicalivan]

you are so beautiful!